Ezekiel 47:18 On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.

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New International Version
“On the east side the boundary will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Dead Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.

New Living Translation
“The eastern border starts at a point between Hauran and Damascus and runs south along the Jordan River between Israel and Gilead, past the Dead Sea and as far south as Tamar. This will be the eastern border.

English Standard Version
“On the east side, the boundary shall run between Hauran and Damascus; along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel; to the eastern sea and as far as Tamar. This shall be the east side.

Berean Standard Bible
On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.

King James Bible
And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.

New King James Version
“On the east side you shall mark out the border from between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel, along the Jordan, and along the eastern side of the sea. This is the east side.

New American Standard Bible
“The east side, from between Hauran, Damascus, Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

NASB 1995
“The east side, from between Hauran, Damascus, Gilead and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

NASB 1977
“And the east side, from between Hauran, Damascus, Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

Legacy Standard Bible
“And the east side, from between Hauran, Damascus, Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

Amplified Bible
“The east side, from between Hauran, Damascus, Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

Christian Standard Bible
On the east side it will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel; you will measure from the northern border to the eastern sea. This will be the eastern side.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
On the east side it will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel; you will measure from the northern border to the eastern sea. This will be the eastern side.

American Standard Version
And the east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border unto the east sea shall ye measure. This is the east side.

Contemporary English Version
The eastern border will begin on the border between the two kingdoms of Hauran and Damascus. It will run south along the Jordan River, which separates the territories of Gilead and Israel, and it will end at the Dead Sea near the town of Tamar.

English Revised Version
And the east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be Jordan; from the north border unto the east sea shall ye measure. This is the east side.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus. The Jordan River will serve as the border between Gilead and the land of Israel. The border will continue from the Dead Sea down to Tamar. This is the east side.

Good News Translation
"The eastern boundary runs south from a point between the territory of Damascus and that of Hauran, with the Jordan River forming the boundary between the land of Israel on the west and Gilead on the east, as far as Tamar on the Dead Sea.

International Standard Version
"The eastern extremity is to proceed from between Hauran and Damascus, then between Gilead, and then through the land of Israel—the Jordan River. You are to measure from the northern border to the Dead Sea. This is to be the eastern perimeter.

Majority Standard Bible
On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.

NET Bible
On the east side, between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel, will be the Jordan. You will measure from the border to the eastern sea. This is the east side.

New Heart English Bible
The east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the eastern sea [as far as] Tamar. This is the east side.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border to the east sea. And this is the east side.

World English Bible
“The east side, between Hauran, Damascus, Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the east sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
And the east quarter [is] from between Havran, and Damascus, and Gilead, and the land of Israel, [to] the Jordan; you measure from the border on the Eastern Sea: and [this is] the east quarter.

Young's Literal Translation
And the east quarter is from between Havran, and Damascus, and Gilead, and the land of Israel, to the Jordan; from the border over-against the eastern sea ye measure: and this is the east quarter.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the side of the east from between Hauran and from between Damascus, and from between Gilead and from between the land of Israel, Jordan, from the bound to the east sea shall ye measure: and the east side.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the east side is from the midst of Auran, and from the midst of Damascus, and from the midst of Galaad, and from the midst of the land of Israel, Jordan making the bound to the east sea, and thus you shall measure the east side.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Moreover, the eastern region will be from the midst of Hauran, and from the midst of Damascus, and from the midst of Gilead, and from the midst of the land of Israel, to the Jordan, marking the boundary to the eastern sea. For so shall you measure the eastern region.

New American Bible
The eastern border shall be between Damascus and Hauran, while the Jordan will form the border between Gilead and the land of Israel down to the eastern sea as far as Tamar. This is the eastern boundary.

New Revised Standard Version
On the east side, between Hauran and Damascus; along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel; to the eastern sea and as far as Tamar. This shall be the east side.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
And the east side border shall run to Beth-hauran from Damascus and from Gilead to the land of Israel; and Jordan shall be the boundary by the sea, east of Tamar. This is the east border.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And from the east wind from between Khuran and from between Darmsuq and from between Galeed and the land of Israel, and Jordan the border on the Sea east of Tamar; this is the East side

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, by the Jordan, from the border unto the east sea shall ye measure. This is the east side.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the eastern coasts between Loranitis, and Damascus, and the land of Galaad, and the land of Israel, the Jordan divides to the sea that is east of the city of palm-trees. These are the eastern coasts.

Additional Translations ...

Audio Bible

Context

The Borders of the Land
…17So the border will run from the Sea to Hazar-enan, along the northern border of Damascus, with the territory of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary. 18On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary. 19On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.…

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Cross References

Numbers 34:10-12
And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham, / then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth. / Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”

Joshua 13:8-11
The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them: / The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon, / and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites; ...

Isaiah 27:12
In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.

Joel 3:18
And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.

Zechariah 14:8
And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.

Revelation 22:1-2
Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb / down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

Deuteronomy 3:17
The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.

1 Kings 4:21
And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

2 Kings 14:25
This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.

Psalm 72:8
May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 11:15
The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.

Isaiah 19:5-10
The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty. / The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither. / The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more. ...

Jeremiah 47:7
How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”

Amos 8:8
Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.

Treasury of Scripture

And the east side you shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border to the east sea. And this is the east side.

from.

Genesis 31:23,47
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead…

Numbers 32:1
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

Jeremiah 10:8
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

Jordan.

Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

Job 40:23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

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Ezekiel 47

1. The vision of the holy waters
6. The virtue of them
13. The borders of the land
22. The division of it by lot

Berean Study Bible

On the east side
The phrase "on the east side" refers to the geographical orientation of the land being described. In biblical times, directions were often given in relation to the rising sun, which is in the east. The east side of the land of Israel holds significant historical and spiritual importance, as it was often seen as a place of new beginnings and divine encounters. The east is also where the Garden of Eden was located, symbolizing a return to paradise and God's original plan for humanity.

the boundary
The term "boundary" in this context refers to the divinely appointed limits of the land given to the tribes of Israel. In Hebrew, the word for boundary is "gebul," which signifies a border or limit. Boundaries were crucial in ancient times for defining territories and ensuring peace among neighboring tribes and nations. Spiritually, boundaries can also represent the limits set by God for His people, within which they are to live and thrive according to His commandments.

will run between Hauran and Damascus
"Hauran" and "Damascus" are regions located to the northeast of Israel. Hauran is a fertile area known for its agriculture, while Damascus is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The mention of these locations highlights the extent of the land promised to Israel, reaching into areas that were historically significant and often contested. This boundary signifies God's promise of a vast and prosperous land for His people.

along the Jordan
The Jordan River is a central geographical feature in the biblical narrative, symbolizing transition and transformation. It was the river that the Israelites crossed to enter the Promised Land, and it is also where Jesus was baptized, marking the beginning of His public ministry. The Jordan represents a boundary between the old and the new, a place of crossing over into God's promises and purposes.

between Gilead and the land of Israel
Gilead is a region east of the Jordan River, known for its balm, a healing ointment. The phrase "between Gilead and the land of Israel" indicates the specific area of the boundary. Gilead's mention evokes themes of healing and restoration, suggesting that the land within these boundaries is a place of divine provision and blessing. The land of Israel, as defined by God, is a place where His people can experience His presence and favor.

you will measure
The act of measuring signifies careful planning and divine order. In Hebrew, the word for measure is "madad," which implies stretching out or extending. This measurement is not just a physical act but a spiritual one, as it involves understanding and accepting the limits and blessings God has set for His people. It is a call to recognize God's sovereignty and to live within His ordained boundaries.

from the northern border to the eastern sea
The "northern border" and the "eastern sea" (likely referring to the Dead Sea) define the extent of the land from north to east. This description emphasizes the completeness and sufficiency of God's provision. The northern border often represented the edge of known civilization, while the eastern sea was a place of mystery and depth. Together, they symbolize the vastness of God's promise and the security found within His designated territory. This boundary assures the Israelites of their inheritance and God's faithfulness to His covenant.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(18) From Hauran, and from Damascus.--The eastern boundary is also the same as that given in Numbers 34:10-12, although more particularly described there. In both cases it excludes the territory of the trans- Jordanic tribes, which was not included in Palestine proper, even after its conquest by Moses, and in which the two and a half tribes were allowed to settle with some reluctance (Numbers 32). The word "from," occurring four times in this verse, is literally from between, as is noted in the margin; it means that the boundary was to run between the territories of Hauran, Damascus, and Gilead on the one side, and that of Israel on the other. The boundary is to be the Jordan; but as this does not extend so far north, it became necessary to mention the territory of Damascus as bounding the land of Israel, and in this connection Hauran and Gilead are also spoken of. The boundary extends, as of old, beyond the mouth of the Jordan to the southern end of the Dead Sea and thence to Kadesh. The extreme length of the land is somewhat uncertain, but must have fallen short of 250 miles.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 18. - The east boundary. And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, etc. The Revised Version, after Keil and Kliefoth, translates, And the east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be (the) Jordan; from the (north) border unto the east sea shall ye measure. Smend offers as the correct rendering, The east side goes from between Hauran and Damascus, and from between Gilead and the land of Israel, along the Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. In any case, by this instruction, first the land of Israel was defined as the territory lying west of the Jordan, and secondly its boundary should extend from the last-named north border at its easternmost point, Hazar-enan, down the Jordan valley to the Dead Sea. The practical effect of this would be to cut off the lands which in the earlier division (Numbers 34:14, 15) had been assigned to Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. Otherwise the boundary here given corresponds with that traced in Numbers, though the latter is more minute. Hengstenberg, however, thinks the prophet cannot have intended to assert that the new Israel should not possess the land of Gilead as a frontier in the future as formerly, as in that case he would have been at variance, not only with preexisting Scripture (comp. Psalm 60:7; Micah 7:14; Jeremiah 1:19; Zechariah 10:10), but with subsequent history.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

On the east
קָדִ֡ים (qā·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6921: The fore, front part, the East

side
וּפְאַ֣ת (ū·p̄ə·’aṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6285: Mouth, direction, region, extremity

it will run between
מִבֵּ֣ין (mib·bên)
Preposition-m
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

Hauran
חַוְרָ֣ן (ḥaw·rān)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 2362: Hauran -- a district Southeast of Mount Hermon

and Damascus,
דַּמֶּשֶׂק֩ (dam·me·śeq)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1834: Damascus -- a city in Aram (Syria)

along the Jordan
הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן (hay·yar·dên)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine

between
וּמִבֵּין־ (ū·mib·bên-)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

Gilead
הַגִּלְעָ֜ד (hag·gil·‘āḏ)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1568: Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites

and the land
אֶ֤רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Israel,
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

from the northern border
מִגְּב֛וּל (mig·gə·ḇūl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed

to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the Eastern
הַקַּדְמוֹנִ֖י (haq·qaḏ·mō·w·nî)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6931: Anterior, oriental

Sea
הַיָּ֥ם (hay·yām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

and
וְאֵ֖ת (wə·’êṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

as far as Tamar.
תָּמֹ֑דּוּ (tā·mōd·dū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 4058: To stretch, to measure, to be extended

This will be the eastern
קָדִֽימָה׃ (qā·ḏî·māh)
Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6921: The fore, front part, the East

boundary.
פְּאַ֥ת (pə·’aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6285: Mouth, direction, region, extremity

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OT Prophets: Ezekiel 47:18 The east side between Hauran and Damascus (Ezek. Eze Ezk)